Evaluating subsampling methods for estimating numbers of Varroa jacobsoni mites (Atari: Varroidae) collected on sticky-boards

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1057-1061

  Calderone, Nicholas W ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Sampling; Sticky boards; Stratified random sampling; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0032693702     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.5.1057     Document Type: Article

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